PBA Bowling Tour: 2006–07 season

This is the 2006–07 season in review for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour.[1] It was the Tour's 48th season and consisted of 21 events.

PBA Bowling Tour: 2006–07 Season
LeagueProfessional Bowlers Association
SportTen-pin bowling
DurationSeptember 26, 2006 – April 1, 2007
PBA Tour
Season MVPDoug Kent

Season highlights
  • Walter Ray Williams Jr. broke Earl Anthony's PBA record for career standard titles with his 42nd win in the opening Dydo Japan Cup.[2] This win also gave him a title in 14 consecutive seasons, one short of Anthony's 1970–84 run.
  • The PBA's 17th and 18th televised 300 games were bowled this season: Tony Reyes rolled the first at the Motor City Classic; Ryan Shafer rolled the second at the Pepsi Championship.[3][4] Shafer's string of strikes was eventually snapped at 18, besting Paul Koehler's previous record of 15 consecutive strikes on TV over two matches (1995 U.S. Open).
  • Sean Rash became just the second bowler (Hugh Miller was the other) to win titles in his first three televised appearances.[5]
  • Doug Kent became just the sixth PBA player in history to win two major titles in a season, capturing the USBC Masters and Denny's World Championship en route to PBA Player of the Year honors.
  • In winning the 64th U.S. Open, Pete Weber tied Anthony's then-record of eight majors won (not counting ABC Masters titles before 2003) and, along with his father Dick Weber, became the only bowler to win four U.S. Open/BPAA All-Star titles since the inception of the PBA in 1958.[6]
  • In winning the season-ending PBA Tournament of Champions, Tommy Jones broke Dick Weber's 45-year-old record for the shortest time span between his 1st and 10th career titles (2 years, 6 months, 7 days).[7]
  • Norm Duke posted a 228.47 average, the highest ever for a PBA season.
  • The Motel 6 Roll To Riches event marked announcer Dave Ryan's final PBA event. Ryan would be replaced the following season by Rob Stone.

Awards and Leaders

Tournament results
  • Majors are noted in boldface.
DateEventCityOil patternWinner (title #)Runner-upScore
Sep 26Dydo Japan CupTokyo, JapanStandardWalter Ray Williams Jr. (42)Pete Weber289–236
Oct 28USBC MastersMilwaukee, WIStandardDoug Kent (8)Jack Jurek277–230
Nov 5Motor City ClassicTaylor, MICheetahTony Reyes (1)Wes Malott255–238
Nov 12Etonic ChampionshipCheektowaga, NYSharkPete Weber (33)Doug Kent247–196
Nov 19Lake County Indiana ClassicHammond, INChameleonNorm Duke (24)Mika Koivuniemi236–233
Nov 25Discover Windy City ClassicVernon Hills, ILScorpionWes Malott (2)Chris Barnes269–239
Dec 3Ace Hardware ChampionshipWickliffe, OHViperTommy Jones (9)Wes Malott222–221
Dec 10Beltway ClassicBaltimore, MDCheetahSean Rash (2)Parker Bohn III279–225
Dec 17Columbia 300 ClassicWest Babylon, NYSharkNorm Duke (25)Ryan Shafer218–179
Jan 7H&R Block ClassicReno, NVChameleonPatrick Allen (8)Walter Ray Williams Jr.255–247
Jan 14Earl Anthony Medford ClassicMedford, ORScorpionSean Rash (3)Brian Himmler262–190
Jan 21Dick Weber OpenFountain ValleyStandardJason Couch (14)Patrick Allen258–236
Jan 28Motel 6 ClassicHenderson, NVViperJason Couch (15)Billy Oatman236–228
Feb 4Sun City ClassicEl Paso, TXScorpionMika Koivuniemi (7)Chris Barnes214–185
Feb 11GEICO ClassicIrving, TXSharkChris Barnes (8)John May235–216
Feb 18Go RV'ing ClassicCouncil Bluffs, IAChameleonPatrick Allen (9)Parker Bohn III218–169
Feb 25Bayer ClassicParkersburg, WVCheetahMike Mineman (1)Mike Machuga223–202
Mar 464th U.S. OpenNorth Brunswick, NJU.S. OpenPete Weber (34)Wes Malott210–204
Mar 18Pepsi ChampionshipIndianapolis, INViperNorm Duke (26)Ryan Shafer235–219
Mar 25Denny's World ChampionshipWyoming, MIWorld Champ.Doug Kent (9)Chris Barnes237–216
Apr 1PBA Tournament of ChampionsUncasville, CTT of CTommy Jones (10)Tony Reyes257–222

Other events

Motel 6 Roll To Riches

Doug Kent capped his Player of the Year honors with a defeat of Norm Duke, six strikes to three.[9] Kent previously survived a sudden-death rolloff against Walter Ray Williams Jr. to advance to the final.

GEICO All-Star Shootout

Norm Duke & Walter Ray Williams Jr. won this event, held outdoors in Eureka, MO, defeating Tony Reyes and Robert Smith as they posted a 6-1 tournament record. This was the PBA's first outdoor event since 2001.[10]

References
  1. "2006–2007 Season Schedule". PBA.
  2. "A New Standard". PBA. September 25, 2006.
  3. "Tony the Tiger". PBA. November 4, 2006.
  4. "Duke Does it Again". PBA. March 17, 2007.
  5. "Three-for-Three". PBA. January 13, 2007.
  6. "Like Father, Like Son". PBA. March 3, 2007.
  7. "Tommy Jones bio". PBA.
  8. "Earnings: 2006–2007 Season". PBA.
  9. "Kent Rolls to Riches". PBA. April 14, 2007.
  10. "Duke, Williams Win Shootout". PBA. July 21, 2007.
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